Improvement in attaching bells to straps



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Letters Patent No.- 93,652, dated August 10, 1869.

IMPRovmvrmw;l 1N ATTACHING BELLS 'To STRAPS.

Th Schedule referred tovin these Letters Patent and making pa'rt of the same.

To all lch-om it may concern y Beit known that I, DWIGHT M. WELCH, of yMiddle Haddam, town of Chatham, in the county of Middle sex, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Attaching Bells to Straps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had 'to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which my invention is represented by a section taken through the centre of the bell and its Shank, longitudinally with the strap.

lhis invention consists in attaching bells to straps, by means of a button or disk, which is soldered to the end of the shank of each bell after the latter has been inserted in a hole previously lprepared for it in' the strap, whereby a string of bells can be prepared in a few minutes, and at comparatively small expense, as will be hereinafter fully explained, by means of the button or disk c, soldered to the end of the shank e of each bell, so as to lie against the rear side of the strap in the manner clearly shown by the drawing.

The disk maybe made of any suitable metal, and is to be convex ou its rear side, so as to present a smooth, neat surface, which will not need to be covered or concealed by a lining, as heretofore.

The shank of the bells vmay be made shorter than when they are to be attached in the old way, or the old-fashioned shank may -be employed, if preferred.

The work of attaching the bells, whenmade in this way, is very easy and brief. A little solder-,is kept at hand, and when a -string of bells is called for, the proper strap (already stitched and prepared) is selected, the holes are cut in it, the bells inserted therein,a little solder droppedon the end of each shank, or in the concave of each disk, and the disks pressed against the Shanks, each in its proper place.

The string, when thus prepared, is light and handsome. when made in the old way, and is much more durable.

Having thus described my invention,

W'hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Attaching bells to straps by means of solder, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as above described. Y

DWIGHT M. TELCEL Vitnesses CEAS. A. Pn'r'rrr HARRY M. PHILLIPS.

It can be furnished considerably cheaper than 

